US 12,091,229 B2
Modular aerodynamic cargo encasement
Terik Weekes, San Francisco, CA (US); Sean Belardo, San Francisco, CA (US); Clint Cope, San Francisco, CA (US); Colin Owen, San Francisco, CA (US); Isaiah Jones, San Francisco, CA (US); Shane Hills, San Francisco, CA (US); and David Merrill, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ELROY AIR, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ELROY AIR, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,298.
Application 17/480,298 is a continuation of application No. 16/845,939, filed on Apr. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,148,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,710, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0002024 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/08 (2006.01); B65D 6/00 (2006.01); B65D 6/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 7/44 (2013.01) [B64C 7/00 (2013.01); B64D 1/08 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B65D 11/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular aerodynamic cargo encasement, comprising:
a platform having a planar upper surface configured to accept cargo and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface includes two or more ground supports displacing a portion of the platform from contact with a supporting surface, the platform having two or more load transfer structures; and
a fairing configured to detachably couple to the platform, wherein the fairing includes a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion couples with the rear portion forming a singular component and when coupled to the platform forms an aerodynamic encasement, and wherein the aerodynamic encasement is detachably mountable to an aircraft by the two or more load transfer structures and wherein the lower surface of the platform forms an exterior surface of the aerodynamic encasement.